They weren't too far wrong, you did kind of get connected with the gay community to the point where localize SF car ads are putting furries in lists next to other gay subsets as if they were an equivilent.
I will say furry isn't a gay thing, however, it shouldn't really matter if someone sees it as one. Being gay shouldn't be a negative thing so it really shouldn't be seen as being 'brought down' in any regard. There are worse things people can be accused of.
Though in 2002 and prior, it was a different world, and certainly fear of having to deal with the social stigmas gays had to deal with at the time.
They weren't too far wrong, you did kind of get connected with the gay community to the point where localize SF car ads are putting furries in lists next to other gay subsets as if they were an equivilent.
I will say furry isn't a gay thing, however, it shouldn't really matter if someone sees it as one. Being gay shouldn't be a negative thing so it really shouldn't be seen as being 'brought down' in any regard. There are worse things people can be accused of.
Though in 2002 and prior, it was a different world, and certainly fear of having to deal with the social stigmas gays had to deal with at the time.